I am a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Political Science at the University of Arizona. I am also a treasurer of GRAPH, a newly affiliated APSA Related Group for studies of Hong Kong politics. Previously, I was a Dissertation Fellow at Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. My research interests rest on electoral clientelism, local governments, and general topics on democracy and autocracy, with a regional focus on East Asia. For more about me, please find my latest CV here.

Currently, I have two main active strands of research:

• subnational centralization and electoral clientelism in Taiwan
• domestic and diaspora politics of post-2019 Hong Kong under autocratization

My research has been supported by Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, the American Political Science Association, the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute at the University of Arizona, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, as well as the Hong Kong Professional Network (HKPN), among others. My research outputs have appeared in the Journal of Sport and Social issues, China Perspectives, and the Journal of Taiwan Politics.

I hold a Master of International Relations from Australian National University and a B.SoSc in Government and International Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University.